Notification on the change of status of Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental Fruit Fly) in Sunday’s River Valley, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

 

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Publication Date

Thu, 09 Dec 2021, 08:59

Last Updated

Dec. 9, 2021, 8:59 a.m.

Report Number

ZAF-56/1

Country

South Africa

Pest Id

Bactrocera dorsalis - (DACUDO)

Report Status

Final

Hosts

Citrus spp. and other commodities that are exported and considered hosts of this pest and produced or present in this area in South Africa are under threat.

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Present: not widely distributed and under official control

Geographical Distribution

A number of B. dorsalis specimens were collected from the Sarah Baartman District and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipalities of the Eastern Cape Province, between the month of May to August 2021.

Summary

After several detections of B. dorsalis in the Sunday’s River Valley area of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and delimiting surveys, it has been decided that continuous eradication of the pest is no longer feasible within the affected area in spite of low number of overall detections. A cost benefit study has indicated that the pest population can be suppressed in the area and contained. The feasibility to develop and declare the area as an area of low pest prevalence will be investigated. The area will be managed as a quarantine area for this pest. The spread of the pest to other areas of the Eastern Cape, which are still pest free of OFF , will be regulated in terms of Regulation 110 of the Agricultural Pests Act 36 of 1983 which restricts the movement of affected host material from the quarantine area to free areas.

Danger

Potential spread or establishment of B. dorsalis into other production areas where its presence may impede the export potential of the relevant host commodities affected.

Contact for info

Ms Shirley Mathelemuse Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Private Bag X14, Gezina 0031, Pretoria, South Africa Email: [email protected]

Report files

Notification on the change of status of Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental Fruit Fly) in Sunday’s River Valley, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

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Issue keywords

Delimiting survey Economic impact

Commodity keywords

Citrus fruit, fresh or dried